Nova Scotia Archives
The Royal Navy in Nova Scotia Waters
"HMS Shannon leading her prize, the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour, on the 6th June 1813"
One of a series of four lithographs depicting the capture of the U.S.S. Chesapeake by HMS Shannon, off Halifax, June 1813, during the War of 1812-15.
Date: 1813
Medium: lithograph
Artist: John Christian Schetky
Reference: Documentary Art Nova Scotia Archives 1979-147 142.4
Negative no.: N-2301 & CN-1139